Emily Mortimer

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Biography

Prior to her emergence into the spotlight with films like "Lovely and Amazing" (2002) and "Match Point" (2005), actress Emily Mortimer made her way playing small and often unrewarding roles. Following the traditional actor's path, Mortimer studied her craft at school while honing her skills on stage and eventually made her onscreen debut. She first gained notice with a noticeable role as the governess to the Virgin Queen in "Elizabeth" (1998), …
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Job Title

Actor, Writer

Born

December 1, 1971

Career Milestones

2012

Played news show producer Mackenzie MacHale on Aaron Sorkin's drama series "The Newsroom" (HBO)

2011

Cast in Martin Scorsese's family adventure "Hugo"

2011

Played Paul Rudd's sister in "Our Idiot Brother"

2011

Voiced Holley Shiftwell, a British spy-in-training, in the animated feature "Cars 2"

2010

Played escaped patient Rachel Solando in Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island"

2009

Appeared opposite Steve Martin in "Pink Panther 2"

2008

Featured in the David Mamet directed, "Redbelt"

2008

Co-starred in "Chaos Theory" with Ryan Reynolds and Stuart Townsend

2007

Played the title character's (Ryan Gosling) sister-law in "Lars and the Real Girl"

2007

Appeared in three episodes of NBC's "30 Rock" as a love interest of Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy

2006

Cast in "The Pink Panther" as the love interest of Inspector Clouseau (Steve Martin)

2005

Played the oblivious spouse of an adulterous Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Woody Allen's "Match Point"

2004

Featured in "Young Adam" opposite Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton

2003

Joined an ensemble cast in Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things"

2001

Changed her prim image in favor of a more provocative one when she appeared full-frontally nude in "Lovely and Amazing"

2000

Played Bruce Willis' love interest in Disney's "The Kid"

2000

Featured in Kenneth Branagh's musical adaptation of "Love's Labour's Lost"

2000

Cast as Angelina, the star of the film-within-a-film, in "Scream 3"

1999

Played Esther in the American TV mini-series "Noah's Ark" (NBC)

1999

Had a small but pivotal role, opposite Hugh Grant in "Notting Hill"

1999

Played Miss Flynn in the TV mini-series "Cider with Rosie" (PBS); adapted for television by her father, John Mortimer

1998

Appeared as Kat Ashley in Shekhar Kapur's Oscar-nominated epic "Elizabeth"

1996

Cast in the Irish comedy "The Last of the High Kings" (released direct-to-video in the USA as "Summer Fling")

1996

First film role, playing Val Kilmer's wife in "The Ghost and the Darkness"

1995

TV debut in an adaptation of Dame Catherine Cookson's "The Glass Virgin"

Acted in "The Lights" at London's Royal Court Theatre and "The Merchant of Venice" at Edinburgh's Lyceum Theatre

Performed in several plays while studying at Oxford University

Awards

2003

Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female in Lovely & Amazing